Keeping a watchful eye on Portland's 'world famous' transit system Trimet! (known to the locals as the Trimess)

Trimess

Monday, January 28, 2013

GO WOODLAWN!

At the start of this process we felt that none of these problems would occur if the layoverpoint would just be moved back to where it was at the Jubitz truck stop, a perfect location.TriMet has explained that for financial reasons they must shorten the Line 8 route and nolonger layover at the Jubitz truck stop. They said $500,000 would be saved by changingthe route. We see that they reduced duplications in routes and that should result in longtermsavings. At the same time TriMet spent millions on new buses (at $400,000 each onaverage), new buildings, contracting out lift bus repairs and overtime on drivers. In theshort term, their selective frugality at the expense of our neighborhood structure, safety,livability and businesses is not appreciated.